wǒ shì dì yī gè qù yīng guó huáng jiā xì jù xué yuàn de zhōng guó rén

我是第壹个去英国皇家戏剧学院的中国人

I am the first Chinese to go to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London

wǒ shì dì yī gè zhōng guó bāng nǚ láng

我是第壹个中国邦女郎

I am the first Chinese Bond girl

wǒ zhī dào zhè shì suǒ yǒu yǎn yuán de mèng xiǎng

我知道这是所有演员的梦想

I know it’s the dream of every actor

xiǎo de shí hòu jiù kāi shǐ xǐ huān yǎn xì a xuàn yào

小的时候就开始喜欢演戏啊，炫耀

I enjoyed acting as a young girl, to show off

wǒ mā mā shì xǐ huān dé bù dé le

我妈妈是喜欢得不得了

My mother really liked me that way

wǒ bà bà zhōu xìn fāng shì zhēn de

我爸爸（周信芳）是真的

And my father (Zhou Xinfang) was like

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额

Ugh

cǎi qín tā jīn nián yǐ jīng suì le

采芹，她今年已经86岁了

Tsai Chin is 86 years old

tā shì jīng jù dà shī zhōu xìn fāng de sān nǚ ér

她是京剧大师周信芳的三女儿

She is the third daughter of Zhou Xinfang, China’s great actor in the last century

zhè bù diàn yǐng qí shí shì guān yú yī gè míng rén zhī hòu

这部电影其实是关于壹个名人之后

The film is about the daughter of a celebrity

yī gè nǚ xìng huá rén yǎn yuán zài hǎi wài chuǎng dàng de chuán qí

壹个女性华人演员在海外闯荡的传奇

A Chinese actress’s exotic adventure and romance

kuà yuè le guò qù nián

跨越了过去60年

Spanning the past six decades

wǒ tīng dào líng shēng xiǎng le

“我听到铃声响了”

“I hear the bell ringing”

wǒ xiàn zài chàng bù chū le

我现在唱不出了

I can’t do it now

zhè bù diàn yǐng zhèng shì de pāi shè shì nián yuè

这部电影正式的拍摄是2017年1月

The shooting started January 2017

zuò wèi yī gè rén wù chuán jì diàn yǐng

作为壹个人物传记电影

As a biography film

qí shí gèng zhòng yào de bù shì pāi

其实更重要的不是拍

Shooting is not of primary concern

ér shì shuō nǐ gēn tā zěn me xiāng chù

而是说妳跟她怎么相处

It’s more about how you get along with her

bìng qiě dé dào zhè gè shòu quán

并且得到这个授权

And win her authority

zhè jiù shì yǒu nián

这就是（有）20年

That took us 20 years

tā cóng xiǎo jiù shì zài shàng hǎi zài zhǎng lè lù shàng shì yī gè guì jiā xiǎo jiě

她从小就是在上海，在长乐路上是壹个贵家小姐

She was born to a prestigious family in Shanghai

tā de fù qīn shì jīng jù dà shī zhōu xìn fāng

她的父亲是京剧大师周信芳

Her father Zhou Xinfang was a master of Peking Opera

mǔ qīn shì qiú lì lín

母亲是裘丽琳

Her mother Qiu Lilin

tā mā mā shì yī gè chá zhuāng hé zhū bǎo shāng de qiān jīn xiǎo jiě

她妈妈是壹个茶庄和珠宝商的千金小姐

Was the daughter of a merchant family which was engaged in tea and jewelry business

yǒu de sū gé lán xuè tǒng

有1/4的苏格兰血统

She was 1/4 Scottish

tā men yǒu gè hái zi

他们有6个孩子

They had 6 children

zhōu shǎo lín jì chéng le tā fù qīn yī bō yǐ jīng qù shì le

周少麟继承了他父亲衣钵，已经去世了

Zhou Shaolin who followed his father’s steps had passed away

qí tā de gè dōu zài hǎi wài

其他的5个都在海外

And the rest five of them are living abroad

gāng yào guò suì shēng rì zhī qián

刚要过18岁生日之前

Before her 18th birthday

zhōu cǎi qín jiù bèi pāo dào le yīng guó

（周采芹）就被抛到了英国

Tsai Chin was delivered to Britain

tā hěn yǒu chū xī zài yīng guó yòu shàng le huáng jiā xì jù yì shù xué yuàn

她很有出息，在英国又上了皇家戏剧艺术学院

And she made it to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London

yǎn de sū sī huáng de shì jiè yī yè bào hóng

演的《苏丝黄的世界》，壹夜爆红

Her “The World of Suzie Wong” was a huge success

nián zài lún dūn xī qū

1959年在伦敦西区

In the west end of London, 1959

tā jiù zài nà gè zuì gāo de tǎ shàng miàn yǒu yī gè

她就在那个最高的塔上面有壹个

She had an enormous neon sign

cǎi qín de sū sī huáng de shì jiè

“the world of suzie wong by tsai chin” (采芹的《苏丝黄的世界》)

“The World of Suzie Wong by Tsai Chin”

zhè me yī gè dà ní hóng

这么壹个大霓虹

On the tallest tower

dà jiā dōu zài zhēng xiāng xiào fǎng tā

大家都在争相效仿她

Everyone wanted to be like her

lún dūn jiē shàng suǒ yǒu de rén dōu kāi shǐ chuān qí páo

伦敦街上所有的人都开始穿旗袍

Qipao (Chinese traditional dress) flooded on the streets of London

dōu kāi shǐ liú zhǎng fā

都开始留长发

And they started wearing long hair

méi máo wǎng shàng jiān de nà zhǒng huà zhuāng fāng fǎ

眉毛往上尖的那种化妆方法

And drew their eyebrows upward and pointed

dào nián tā chéng wèi le zhè yàng yī gè dà kā

3到5年，她成为了这样壹个大咖

In a mere three to five years, she became a big shot

wǒ bèi xuǎn wèi nián dù nǚ xìng

我被选为年度女性

I was voted as woman of the year

yǒu diǎn piāo piāo rán

有点飘飘然

A bit tread on air

dàn hěn měi miào

但很美妙

But it was wonderful

zhè jiù shì chéng wèi míng rén de hǎo chù

这就是成为名人的好处

It’s what being a celebrity is

dà jiā dōu zhī dào yīng guó zhèng chù yú sì shí duō nián lái zuì yán zhòng de jīng jì wēi jī zhī zhōng

大家都知道英国正处于四十多年来最严重的经济危机之中

All are aware that Britain is at its worst economic crisis for more than 40 years

wǒ men dōu sǔn shī le hěn duō qián

我们都损失了很多钱

While we all lost a lot of money

kě lián de cǎi qín shī qù le tā de fáng zi

可怜的采芹失去了她的房子

And poor Tsai lost her house

wǒ bù zhī dào wǒ de fáng zi shì dǐ yā de yī bù fēn

我不知道我的房子是抵押的壹部分

I didn’t know that my house was part of the collateral

nǐ zhī dào wǒ yǒu duō chǔn

妳知道我有多蠢

It’s how stupid I am

suǒ yǐ zài mǒu chéng dù shàng wǒ yī wú suǒ yǒu

所以在某程度上我壹无所有

So in some sense I have nothing

zhè me guò le shí duō nián tā yě yǒu qián mǎi le fáng zi

这么过了十多年，她也有钱，买了房子

Over the past decade, she had money, and she bought house

jié guǒ tā zài yín xíng de suǒ yǒu de cún kuǎn yīn wèi dǐ yā ér pò chǎn

结果她在银行的所有的存款因为抵押而破产

But she lost every penny she had in the bank to collateral

tā bèi sòng jìn le jīng shén bìng yuàn

她被送进了精神病院

She was sent to an asylum

tā shì tú zì shā

她试图自杀

She tried to kill herself

jìn rù le rén shēng suǒ yǒu dī gǔ

进入了人生所有低谷

She was at her all-time low

kě yǐ shuō tā shí jǐ nián nà gè shàng liú shè huì de měi hǎo shēng huó

可以说，她十几年那个上流社会的美好生活

It’s safe to say that her wonderful life in the upper class of London

zài lún dūn de dì yī cì jié shù

在伦敦的第壹次结束

Felled for the first time

rán hòu tā jiù qù le luò shān jī

然后她就去了洛杉矶

Then she went to LA

chéng wèi le dì dì zhōu yīng huá cān guǎn de yī gè fú wù yuán

成为了弟弟周英华（mr. chow）餐馆的壹个服务员

And became a waitress at her brother’s (Mr. Chow) restaurant

wán quán xiàng yī zhāng bái zhǐ yī yàng

完全像壹张白纸壹样

She started over fresh

tā chuān zhù pí máo dà yī

她穿著皮毛大衣

She dressed in her fur coat

qù bō shì dùn shēn qǐng dǎ zì yuán hé mì shū de gōng zuò

去（波士顿）申请打字员和秘书的工作

And applied for a typist and secretory job

yòu zài hā fú dà xué zuò guò tú shū guǎn de guǎn lǐ yuán

又在哈佛大学做过图书馆的管理员

She was a librarian at Harvard University

dàn shì zài tā nèi xīn zhōng bù néng mǐn miè de yī gè shēng yīn yī zhí hū huàn tā

但是在她内心中，不能泯灭的壹个声音壹直呼唤她

But deep inside there was a calling which never stopped

nǐ dé qù yǎn xì nǐ dé zuò gè yǎn yuán

妳得去演戏，妳得做个演员

You have to act, you are an actress

suǒ yǐ tā cóng yī gè shè qū jù tuán kāi shǐ

所以她从壹个社区剧团开始

So she resumed her acting career from a community theater

zhè xiē zài bō shì dùn dōu shì qióng rén jù yuàn

这些在波士顿都是穷人剧院

These are the poor theaters in Boston

wǒ wèn zì jǐ nǐ shì bù shì yǎn yuán

我问自己妳是不是演员？

I said are you an actor or are you not an actor

rú guǒ nǐ shì yī gè yǎn yuán nǐ yīng gāi qù shì jìng

如果妳是壹个演员，妳应该去试镜

If you are an actor, you should be up to do an audition

suǒ yǐ wǒ qù mǎi le sān měi yuán yī jiàn wài tào

所以我去买了三美元壹件外套

So I went and bought 3 dollars a coat

yī dǐng bèi léi mào

壹顶贝雷帽

And a hat, it’s beret

hái yǒu yī shuāng sān měi yuán de sù liào xuē zi

还有壹双三美元的塑料靴子

And a three dollars pair of plastic boots

dàn shì wǒ kàn qǐ lái hěn shí máo

但是我看起来很时髦

I look so chic, you have no idea

tā yǎn le xī là de bēi jù ā gā mén nóng zhè yàng yī gè jīng diǎn jù mù

她演了希腊的悲剧《阿伽门农》这样壹个经典剧目

She got a role in the classic Greek mythology “Agamemnon”

tā zài zhè gè guò chéng zhōng zhǎo dào le zì wǒ

她在这个过程中找到了自我

And rediscovered herself

tā kǎo shàng le tǎ fū cí dà xué

她考上了塔夫茨大学

She went to Tufts University

nà duàn shí jiān lǐ jì yào dāng zhù jiào

那段时间里，既要当助教

She worked as a teaching assistant

yòu yào xué xí dōng xī yào yǎn xì

又要学习东西、要演戏

And meanwhile she had study to do and acting job to attend to

tā yào zhēng zhè gè xué fèi

她要挣这个学费

She had to earn her own tuition

tā shì ná zhù yī gè tǒng qù cā tā men jù yuàn suǒ yǒu de yǐ zi

她是拿著壹个桶，去擦他们剧院所有的椅子

She polished every chair in their theater with a bucket

tā yī zhí zài xué xí cǎi qín jiù shì shàng xué de yì sī

她壹直在学习，“采芹”就是上学的意思

She never stopped learning, “Tsai Chin” actually means go to school

báo cǎi qí qín chū zì zhù míng de shī jīng shī piān

“薄采其芹”出自著名的（《诗经》）诗篇

It’s from “Shijing”(Classic of Poetry)

tā de qǐ jū shì quán bù shū bù mǎn le pái dé zhěng zhěng qí qí

她的起居室，全部书布满了，排得整整齐齐

Her living room is crowded with books

wa kě jiù shì nà gè tú shū guǎn

哇！可就是那个图书馆

It’s almost like a library

tā shuō yào zuò yī gè hǎo yǎn yuán

她说要做壹个好演员

She said, to become a good actor

nǐ bì xū yào dǒng dé nǐ zì jǐ de jì yì

妳必须要懂得妳自己的craft（技艺）

You need to know your craft

bìng qiě wèi yǎn xì de zhè yī gè shùn jiān zuò nǐ yī bèi zi de nǔ lì

并且为演戏的这壹个瞬间做妳壹辈子的努力

And to work all your life for a fleeting moment in front of the audience

gēn zhù zhè gè shí dài suí bō zhú liú nà kěn dìng shì bù xíng de

跟著这个时代随波逐流，那肯定是不行的

To drift along is not acceptable

zěn me le

怎么了？

What’s wrong?

méi shì

没事

Nothing

tā zài yà yì měi guó yǎn yuán zhōng yǒu hěn tè shū de dì wèi

她在亚裔美国演员中有很特殊的地位

She has a very special, specific and honored position in Asian-American actors

wǒ gǎn kěn dìng cǎi qín zhì shǎo bàn yǎn guò yī cì wǒ men měi gè rén de mā mā

我敢肯定采芹至少扮演过壹次我们每个人的妈妈

I’m sure that Tsai played each and every one of our mothers at least once

tā de yán tán jǔ zhǐ

她的言谈举止

All her manners

ná yān de zī shì

拿烟的姿势

And the way she holds her cigarette

tā shēn shàng zǒng yǒu yī xiē ōu zhōu fàn ér

她身上总有壹些欧洲范儿

There is always something very European about her

yī gè wú bǐ qiáng dà de rén gé

壹个无比强大的人格

And just huge huge personality

cǎi qín zài hǎo lái wù shuō shì wǒ men suǒ yǒu de yà yì yǎn yuán de jiào mǔ

采芹在好莱坞说是我们所有的亚裔演员的“教母”

Tsai Chin is the “god mother” of all Asian-American actors

guó wài de huá rén tài xīn shǎng tā le

国外的华人太欣赏她了

Overseas Chinese love her

tā de zhè zhǒng zhuàng tài hé jīng shén yī zhí qiān yǐn zhù xiàng wú shān zhuó xiàng wēn míng nà

她的这种状态和精神壹直牵引著像吴珊卓、像温明娜

Her spirit has inspired actresses like Sandra Oh, Ming-Na Wen

bāo kuò nán yǎn yuán men

包括男演员们

And actors

cǎi qín zài nà me jiān nán de shí hòu

采芹在那么艰难的时候

When she was faced with immense difficulty

yǒu xìng bié de wèn tí zhǒng zú de wèn tí

有性别的问题，种族的问题

She was female, and Asian

tā jiù yǐ jīng yī mǎ dāng xiān

她就已经壹马当先

Yet she was able to take the lead

bào zi yī yàng yī gè rén chōng zài qián miàn

豹子壹样壹个人冲在前面

Charging like a leopard

nà hòu miàn de rén yòu píng shén me bù nǔ lì ne

那后面的人又凭什么不努力呢

How can we not work hard

wǒ men tīng shuō ā sè mǐ lēi

我们听说阿瑟·米勒

Arthur Miller

měi guó zuì zhòng yào de jù zuò jiā

美国最重要的剧作家

America’s foremost playwright

yāo qǐng cáo yú guò lái měi guó

邀请曹禺过来（美国）

Was inviting Cao Yu (to America)

zhè shì dì yī cì zhōng měi xì jù jiāo liú

这是第壹次中美戏剧交流

So it was the first theater exchange

zhè shì yī jiàn dà shì

这是壹件大事

这是一件大事 Which is a huge event

nián cáo yú xiān shēng pèng dào tā yǐ hòu

1981年，曹禺先生碰到她以后

In 1981, Mr. Cao Yu met her

shuō nǐ zuò wèi wài guó zhuān jiā bǎ nǐ de xì jù jīng yàn chuán dì guò lái

说妳作为外国专家，把妳的戏剧经验传递过来

And he said you are welcomed to bring back your theater experience as a foreign expert

suǒ yǐ zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn jiù yāo qǐng tā zuò le bàn nián de yī gè jiǎng xí bān

所以中央戏剧学院就邀请她做了半年的壹个讲习班

So The Central Academy of Drama invited her to do a workshop lasting six months

tā jiù huí le yī cì guó

她就回了壹次国

Then she came back to China

tā yě shì dì yī gè zhōng guó gǎi gé kāi fàng hòu qǐng huí lái de xì jù zhuān jiā

她也是第壹个中国改革开放后请回来的戏剧专家

She was the first drama expert invited to China after the Reform and Opening-up

ér qiě shì tā rén shēng de yī gè zhuǎn zhé

而且是她人生的壹个转折

It also changed her life

dāng tā lí kāi duō nián

当她离开20多年

After over 20 years away from home

fù mǔ dōu shì zài zhè gè guò chéng zhōng dōu yǐ jīng bù zài rén shì le

父母都是在这个过程中都已经不在人世了

Her parents left her during this time

tā xīn líng xū yào zhè yī duàn qù huí guī qù zī yǎng qù zhòng xīn fā xiàn

她心灵需要这壹段去回归、去滋养、去重新发现

Her soul needed consolation

lín bié qián qù tā fù qīn de shū fáng

（临别前）去他（父亲）的书房

Before leaving I was called to his study

tā jiù gěi wǒ nà gè jù běn wén tiān xiáng

他就给我那个剧本《文天祥》

He gave me the script “Wen Tianxiang”

wén tiān xiáng shì tā xiě de

《文天祥》是他写的

He wrote it

kě shì zài rì běn qīn huá shí qī bù zhǔn yǎn de

可是在日本（侵华时期）不准演的

But it was forbidden during the war

bù yào wàng jì nǐ shì yī gè zhōng guó rén wú yǔ

“不要忘记妳是壹个中国人”（吴语）

“Never forget you are a Chinese”

zhè shì zuì hòu yī jù huà

这是最后壹句话

That’s his last word

shàng hǎi zài tā xīn zhōng shì yī gè zǔ guó hé fù qīn de yī gè làng màn de huà shēn

上海在她心中是壹个祖国和父亲的壹个浪漫的化身

Shanghai to her is a romantic incarnation of father and homeland

tā zì rán jiù rèn wèi tā shì shàng hǎi de nǚ ér

她自然就认为她是上海的女儿

She considers herself as the daughter of Shanghai

zhè bù yǐng piàn qí shí shì yī gè kuà yuè sān dà zhōu de rén wù chuán jì

这部影片其实是壹个跨越三大洲的人物传记

The film is actually a biography across three continents

wǒ men zài luò shān jī jiù shì xiàn zài cǎi qín zhù de dì fāng hěn duō cì cǎi fǎng

我们在洛杉矶，就是现在采芹住的地方，很多次采访

We did lots of interviews in LA, where Tsai Chin now lives

rán hòu wǒ men yòu qù le lún dūn

然后我们又去了伦敦

And we went to London

jiàn dào le tā nián qīng de shí hòu de nà xiē péng yǒu men

见到了她年轻的时候的那些朋友们

And met friends of her youth

yī lì shā bái tā men zuò le yī bèi zi guī mì

伊丽莎白，她们做了壹辈子闺蜜

Elizabeth, they are life-long girlfriends

qiáo nà sēn shì tā yǐ qián de liàn rén céng jīng shì sā qiè ěr fū rén de zhǔn nǚ xù

乔纳森是她以前的恋人，曾经是撒切尔夫人的准女婿

Jonathan was her lover, once the future son-in-law of Margaret Thatcher

rán hòu kǎ luó

然后卡罗

And Carlo

kǎ luó xiàn zài dōu huì měi tiān huì gěi tā dǎ yī gè yuè yáng diàn huà

卡罗（现在都会）每天会给她打壹个越洋电话

Carlo (until now) makes overseas calls everyday

tā xiàn zài yī gè rén shēng huó

她现在壹个人生活

Now she lives alone

tā méi yǒu shén me zhù shǒu

她没有什么助手

She doesn’t have like an assistant

yě méi yǒu ā yí hái jīng cháng kāi chē qù mǎi cài

也没有阿姨，还经常开车去买菜

She would go grocery shopping herself

shàng hǎi de nǚ ér zhè gè rén wù chuán jì bǎn běn de hé xīn jiù shì fù nǚ guān xì

《上海的女儿》这个人物传记版本的核心，就是父女关系

“Daughter of Shanghai” is centered on father-daughter relation

wǒ men jiù yòng dà liàng de jīng jù zuò le yī gè jīng jù yǎn chàng de chǎng jǐng

我们就用大量的京剧，做了壹个京剧演唱的场景

We built a Peking Opera scene with Peking Opera elements

hēi àn zhōng yǒu liǎng dào dà mù zhà lán gé lí zhù fù qīn hé nǚ ér

黑暗中有两道大木栅栏隔离著父亲和女儿

Two fences separate father and daughter

wǒ men zài pāi shè de dāng tiān wǒ shuō cǎi qín nǐ jiù zǒu jìn qù

我们在拍摄的当天，我说采芹妳就走进去

At the shooting, I told Tsai Chin to walk in there

nà gè mén děng huì ér jiù lā kāi le nǐ jiù jìn qù

那个门等会儿就拉开了，妳就进去

When the door opens, you go in

tīng zhù tīng zhù tā jiù tīng chū lái le

听著听著，她就听出来了

And she soon found out that the aria was “Tou Jun Bie Yao”

zhè shì tóu jūn bié yáo shì tā bà bà zuì zhù míng de nà chū xì

这是《投军别窑》，是她爸爸最著名的那出戏

Her father’s most well-known play

ér qiě shì jiǎng fū qī lí bié

而且是讲夫妻离别

It’s about the parting of a couple

rán hòu tā háo táo dà kū

然后她嚎啕大哭

And she wailed

dà jiā dōu shǎ le bù zhī dào gāi zěn me bàn le

大家都傻了，不知道该怎么办了

We didn’t know what to do

zhēn de yí hàn xiàn zài kě yǐ gēn tā shuō huà le

真的遗憾现在可以跟他说话了

It’s such a pity that finally we can talk

wǒ men yǒu gòng tóng de yǔ yán le

我们有共同的语言了

We speak the same language

rén méi le

人没了

But he is already gone

zài wǒ men de piàn zhōng tā shì fù qīn de nǚ ér

在我们的片中她是父亲的女儿

In the film she is her father’s daughter

tā hé fù qīn zài yì shù shàng tàn tǎo

她和父亲在艺术上探讨

They had discussions over art